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Suppression Of Incriminating Statements Is Not Appropriate Remedy For Vienna Convention Violation
In Sanchez-Llamas v. Oregon, No. 04-10566 (Sup. Ct. Jun. 28, 2006), the court said that even assuming the [Vienna] Convention created judicially enforceable rights, that suppression [of incriminating statements] by Defendant in a criminal trial or in a postconviction proceeding was not an appropriate remedy for a violation of [Vienna Convention's] Article 36, and that a State may apply its regular rules of procedural default to Article 36 claims.

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Dear Editor:
I see Chris Cannon's victory in a different light regarding illegal immigration (see 06/29/06 ID comment). It is almost unprecedented that a 5-term Republican should face such an expensive, nerve-racking, and close challenge within his own party. He spent tons of money and pulled out every stop to win a simple primary: even Laura Bush recorded a message for him. He also lied to his Utah constituents, who may have not paid close attention to the issue until late in the campaign, about his support for amnesty. He supported amnesty his entire career until the ads ran in his district explaining the truth. Make no mistake: immigration reform is coming. It may not be in the form the open-borders lawyers would like, though. When the ads start running in late October against the Republican and Democrat Senators who voted to give Social Security benefits for illegal labor, you'll see a whole new, fresh set of liars who would "never vote for amnesty." The only protection that the illegal alien population has now is our brilliant leader, W. Trust me: the next President will run on the phrase, "I will end illegal immigration as we know it." (A liberal recently used that same phrase for welfare reform. Remember Slick Willie?) Get ready to pay your workers a livable, fair wage.

Robert Bettes
El Paso, TX

Dear Editor:
Responding to Mr. Algase's letter (06/29/06 ID), oh, but I do acknowledge that race and ethnicity have everything to do with today's attitude toward immigration. It's very obvious from Mr. Algase's letter that racial motives are behind his letter's apparent wish to remake the US population. The rest of us don't wish to see it remade without a say as to what it will be made into. Illegal immigration takes our right of self-determination away from US citizens and puts it in the hands of foreigners. His letter claims that anti-illegal-immigrationists "demonize" Mexican and other brown-skinned "immigrants" (quotes mine). Mr. Algase's letter uses "immigrant" to describe illegal aliens, which is unwilling to acknowledge the distinction between those who enter or remain in this country illegally, and those who follow the legal process. His letter "beatifys" illegal immigrants by his refusal to acknowledge that all of them are breaking our immigration laws, and that a not insignificant number of them also break other laws. It is Mr. Bush himself, supporters of illegal immigration, and the government of Mexico who are framing this as a "Mexican" or Latino issue. I'm sick of claims that illegal aliens from Mexico should be exempt from following our immigration laws because "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande". During the second set of recent "immigrant rights" marches, Latinos brought in illegal aliens of other ethnicities as an afterthought, to tone down the very definite Hispanic flavor of the first marches. Respect for the law is a key cultural value here. Whether or not others agree with me on the likely effects on US culture and identity, these are certainly issues which should be discussed by all Americans, not shut down by cries of "racism", or voted on in a hurried bill by the Senate.

Ali Alexander

Dear Editor:
Roger Algase's backpedaling, racist denying letter (06/29/06 ID) which now advocates secured borders and enforcement is not
persuasive. His 6/27/06 ID letter specifically referred to "racist laws" in the past that somehow translated into the same
motivation and "spirit of bigotry and intolerance" driving entry restrictionists today which his letter intolerantly and incorrectly labels "anti-immigrant". After quoting often from his 6/27 letter in my letter of 6/28, his most recent letter (06/29/06 ID) now claims that his previous letter was misrepresented and the observations were "caricatures" of his opinions. His letter continues hyperbole and assault against logic by characterizing attempts to secure the borders as a, "turkey shoot at the Mexican border", by comparing the reality and invasion of 5 to 10 thousand illegals crossing our border every 24 hours to the never found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ("hyped up for political reasons") and that enforcement of entry
laws would turn US "into a vast prison camp". With respect to ID's Comment (6/29/06 ID) on the Cannon win in Utah translating to a more "balanced approach to immigration reform", ID previously denied any factor of a hard line approach to the Bilbray win in CA. Also, the same congressional Quarterly news article said, "It would be an exaggeration to say
that the outcome was a clear-cut verdict on the immigration issue" as Cannon enjoyed "several major advantages" over his relatively unknown opponent, not the least of which was his five term incumbency and it was still fairly close.

R. L. Ranger

Dear Editor:
Some time ago, about a year ago, I subscribed to the PQ: PERM Quarterly. Although several times you have said it was going to ship imminently, and a few weeks ago announced it was being shipped, I still have no PQ. What's the story now?

Arlene Boas

Editor's Note: The first issue of PQ: The PERM Quarterly was mailed to all subscribers and to all purchasers of THE PERM BOOK and to all attendees of the ILW.COM PERM Workshops during the week of June 12th. Hundreds of copies were mailed out. During the last ten days, we have gotten back about 5-10 returns from the Postal Service marked undeliverable. We forwarded your inquiry to our webmaster who handles all shipping issues and she confirmed that your copy has not been returned to us by the Postal Service. Anyone with questions regarding their PQ: The PERM Quarterly delivery should feel free to send these to: webmaster@ilw.com.

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